Netify Agent

Netify DPI - netifyd Agent

Managing modern networks requires insights into the application, protocol, security, and data intelligence layers. Netflow data is good, but deep packet inspection (DPI) provides the additional data to take network and cybersecurity analysis to the next level.

Netify DPI ingests network traffic, deconstructs the data, and transforms it into actionable results.

Use Cases

Here are just a few examples of how Netify DPI is used around the world:

• Prioritizing network traffic based on application and modern protocols, not IP lists
• Pinpointing bottlenecks by application, for example, Microsoft Teams response times
• Identifying malicious traffic, even when encrypted
• Creating application-level QoS/latency policies
• Generating latency-friendly routing policies in multiWAN/SD-WAN environments

How It Works

The open-source Netify DPI Agent - netifyd - does one thing and one thing very well: network analysis using deep packet inspection (DPI). The DPI Agent passively captures network traffic and then produces both network metadata streams and network policy datasets:

• Network Policy Datasets include:
  - IP Sets
  - Connection tracking labels
  - Stats
• Data Streams provide:
  - Flow detection metadata
  - Flow connection data
  - Flow risk analysis (4.2.0 or higher)

Product Highlights

Netify agent highlights include:

Further Reading

Related Information

• Data Streams Overview - network metadata for audit, performance, stats and more.
• Network Policy Datasets - Layer 3 datasets for firewall, routing and QoS.
• Developer Getting Started - hands-on developer getting started guide.

Plugins and Addons

• IP Sets Plugin
• Connection Tracking Labels Plugin
• Stats Plugin
• Signature Updates